Wed Sept 29 – Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Get Seriously Fat

Posted: September 29th, 2010 | No Comments »

“Fat China: How Expanding Waistlines are Changing a Nation”

Matthew Crabbe

Wednesday, September 29th, 7 pm (talk starts at 7:30)

China has gone from famine to gluttony in two generations – a massive achievement. But there is a downside. Up to 120 million Chinese are obese – a fourfold increase in less than two decades – and about half are kids. The costs of obesity will be massive. China’s healthcare system faces a time bomb of 100 million adults with diabetes within a couple years. Matthew Crabbe will talk about impact of rising incomes, changing lifestyles and fast-food culture on the world’s most populous nation and the challenges ahead.

Venue details: The House of Roosevelt (Teddy or FD??), Bund No. 27, 27 Zhongshan Dong Yi Road (Between the Peace Hotel and the Peninsula) Tel: 2333 0800

Admission: Members free; Non-members 50 RMB

RSVP: fcc.sfcc@gmail.com

---